Despite how easy our favorite influencers and the psychopaths at 5-Minute Crafts may make it look to create all sorts of DIYs, nothing is ever as easy as it seems. Contrary to the influx of extremely clickable videos, sometimes DIY is better if you DI-don't, a hard lesson several scorned patrons of r/DIYWhy discovered the hard way. You probably don't need a wall full of bad '90s lighting, a faux sunroof nor a chest hair pillow — no matter how excited you are to whip out that hot glue gun.

From an OSHA-violating above-ground pool setup to car rims that are somehow legal, here are 24 terrible, terrible DIYs that should have stayed on our Pinterest boards.